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enWed, 12 Dec 2018 13:51:13 -0500Thu, 13 Dec 2018 13:10:25 -0500Lambda Legal Sues Social Security Administration for Third Same-Sex Widower Denied Survivor’s Benefitshttps://www.lambdalegal.org/news/nm_20181213_ll-sues-social-security-administration-for-same-sex-survivors-benefits
12/13/2018
<h4>“Social Security’s nine-month rule serves only to continue the harms that invalid marriage bans created. It’s past time for a change.”</h4>12/13/2018Lambda Legal News FeedLambda Legal: Same-Sex Couple Blocked from Serving as Foster Parents Deserve Their Day in Courthttps://www.lambdalegal.org/news/dc_20181130_same-sex-couple-blocked-from-serving-as-foster-parents-deserve-their-day-in-court
11/30/2018
<p><strong>Federal Court hears oral argument in U.S. Government’s effort to have Lambda Legal lawsuit dismissed</strong></p>11/30/2018Lambda Legal News FeedLambda Legal on Senator Scott’s Opposition to Thomas Farr Nominationhttps://www.lambdalegal.org/news/dc_20181129_senator-scotts-opposition-to-thomas-farr-nomination
11/29/2018
<p>(Washington, DC, November 29, 2018) – Today, Sharon McGowan, Legal Director and Chief Strategy Officer of Lambda Legal, issued the following statement after Senator Tim Scott announced that he would oppose Thomas Farr, Donald Trump’s nominee to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina:</p>11/29/2018Lambda Legal News FeedLambda Legal: DOJ Request for Supreme Court Review on Transgender Military Ban is Prematurehttps://www.lambdalegal.org/news/wa_20181123_doj-cert-request-for-karnoski-is-premature
11/23/2018
<p> The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review three preliminary federal district court rulings that have kept the Trump administration from implementing its discriminatory plan to prevent transgender people from serving in the U.S. Armed Services. </p>
11/23/2018Lambda Legal News FeedSouthern Poverty Law Center & Lambda Legal Sue DOJ and BOP for Records on Rollback of Protections for Transgender People in Prisonhttps://www.lambdalegal.org/news/ny_20181120_splc-ll-sue-doj-and-bop-for-records-on-trans-people-in-prison
11/20/2018
<p>(NEW YORK, November 20, 2018) – Today, Lambda Legal and the <a href="https://www.splcenter.org/" target="_blank">Southern Poverty Law Center</a> (SPLC) sued the U.S.</p>11/20/2018Lambda Legal News FeedLambda Legal Sues Social Security Administration on Behalf of Gay Widower Seeking Spousal Benefitshttps://www.lambdalegal.org/news/az_20181120_ll-sues-social-security-administration-on-behalf-of-gay-widower
11/20/2018
<p><strong>“The Social Security Administration is allowing the heartbreak of discriminatory marriage bans to persist by holding same-sex couples to a standard that many could not meet.”</strong></p>11/20/2018Lambda Legal News FeedLambda Legal and 75 National and State Organizations Urge HHS Not to Grant South Carolina License to Discriminatehttps://www.lambdalegal.org/news/ny_20181119_76-national-and-state-organizations-urge-hhs-not-to-grant-south-carolina-license-to-discriminate
11/19/2018
<p><strong>"To allow faith-based agencies to put their beliefs ahead of the well-being of children in the state’s care is not only unconstitutional, but more importantly, it is harmful to the very children agencies are paid by the government to care for."</strong></p>11/19/2018Lambda Legal News FeedLambda Legal Condemns McConnell’s Decision to Advance Thomas Farr Nomination Despite History of Black Disenfranchisementhttps://www.lambdalegal.org/news/dc_20181116_lambda-legal-condemns-farr-cloture
11/16/2018
<p>Today, Sharon McGowan, Legal Director and Chief Strategy Officer of Lambda Legal, issued the following statement after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell invoked cloture on the nomination of Thomas Farr, Donald Trump’s nominee to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.</p>
11/16/2018Lambda Legal News FeedVICTORY! Michigan Department of Corrections to Amend Policy Directive for Incarcerated People Living with HIV to Comply with Federal Lawhttps://www.lambdalegal.org/news/mi_20181112_victory-michigan-doc-to-amend-policy-directive-for-incarcerated-people-living-with-hiv
11/14/2018
<h3><strong>Agreement is part of settlement in lawsuit brought by Lambda Legal and Michigan Protection & Advocacy Service</strong></h3>11/14/2018Lambda Legal News FeedLambda Legal Welcomes Avery Belyeu as Head of the South Central Regional Officehttps://www.lambdalegal.org/news/tx_20181114_ll-welcomes-avery-belyeu-as-head-of-the-south-central-regional-office
11/14/2018
<h4>“Avery has been in the trenches fighting for LGBTQ rights – from working as an intern at Equality North Carolina to serving as Education Director at The Trevor Project – and we are delighted she will be leading our Dallas office.”</h4>11/14/2018Lambda Legal News Feed56 Major Companies Respond to Alarming Effort to Erase Transgender People From Legal Protectionshttps://www.lambdalegal.org/news/ny_20181102_56-companies-respond-to-effort-to-erase-transgender-people-from-legal-protections
11/2/2018
<ul><li><em>Statement comes following New York Times report that federal agencies are discussing attempts to redefine “sex” in an effort to erase transgender non-discrimination protections</em></li></ul>11/2/2018Lambda Legal News FeedLambda Legal Responds to Tree of Life Massacre, Week of White Supremacist Violence https://www.lambdalegal.org/news/ny_20181029_ll-responds-to-tree-of-life-massacre-week-of-white-supremacist-violence
10/29/2018
<h4>“This effort to undermine our democracy through violence and repression must not be allowed to succeed.”</h4>
<p>(New York, October 29, 2018) In response to the massacre on Saturday of 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Lambda Legal issued the following statement:</p>10/29/2018Lambda Legal News FeedLambda Legal: Trump Administration Effort to Erase Transgender Americans Will Not Standhttps://www.lambdalegal.org/news/dc_20181022_trump-administration-effort-to-erase-transgender-americans-will-not-stand
10/22/2018
<h4>“This is clearly another ideologically-driven attempt by the Trump administration to marginalize transgender people and force them into the shadows.”</h4>10/22/2018Lambda Legal News FeedLambda Legal Chief Strategy Officer Sharon McGowan to Receive American Bar Association Stonewall Awardhttps://www.lambdalegal.org/news/dc_20181019_sharon-mcgowan-to-receive-american-bar-association-stonewall-award
10/19/2018
<h4>“We are very proud of Sharon for this well-deserved honor. She has truly distinguished herself as an outstanding legal advocate for the LGBT community."</h4>
<p>(Washington, DC, October 19, 2018) – The American Bar Association (ABA) announced today Lambda Legal Chief Strategy Officer Sharon McGowan will receive the 2019 Stonewall Award.</p>10/19/2018Lambda Legal News Feed $1 Million Gift to Create Daniel H. Renberg Fellowship at Lambda Legal to Mark LGBT Civil Rights Organization’s 45th Anniversaryhttps://www.lambdalegal.org/news/ny_20181015_1-million-gift-marks-lambda-legals-45th-anniversary
10/16/2018
<p>NEW YORK, NY (Oct. 16, 2018) - Lambda Legal today announced the establishment of the Daniel H. Renberg Legal Fellowship endowed through a $1 million gift by Eugene Kapaloski in honor of his deceased husband and in celebration of the civil rights organization’s 45th anniversary.</p>10/16/2018Lambda Legal News FeedLambda Legal Partners with State Civil Rights Organizations to Oppose Anti-LGBT Fourth Circuit Court Nominee Allison Rushinghttps://www.lambdalegal.org/news/dc_20181016_lgbt-organizations-oppose-nominee-allison-rushing
10/16/2018
<p>(Washington, DC – Oct.</p>10/16/2018Lambda Legal News FeedLambda Legal Sues Kansas Over Discriminatory Anti-Transgender Policy: “Kansas is out of step with the rest of America.”https://www.lambdalegal.org/news/ks_20181011_ll-sues-kansas-over-discriminatory-birth-certificate-policy
10/15/2018
<h4>“By not allowing transgender people like me to correct our birth certificates, the state complicates every aspect of our lives”</h4>10/15/2018Lambda Legal News FeedNew National Coalition Launches Campaign for Sexual Health Rights of Youth in State Custodyhttps://www.lambdalegal.org/news/ny_20181015_national-coalition-launches-campaign-for-sexual-health-rights-of-youth-in-state-custody
10/15/2018
<h4>Advocates call widespread lack of sexual health care, despite high rates of STIs and sexual abuse, an ethical and public health failure</h4>10/15/2018Lambda Legal News FeedIn response to today’s Huffington Post article that discussed some of Lambda Legal’s recent internal changes, the Board of Directors issued the following statementhttps://www.lambdalegal.org/news/ny_20181012_huffington-post-article
10/12/2018
<p>We want to acknowledge that the challenges that Lambda Legal faces are real, and we have been and will continue to be hard at work addressing them. In the last two years, we had a change in leadership, created a DC office, made necessary but painful changes to employee benefits, saw the creation of an employee union, and we had more staff turnover than we would like.</p>10/12/2018Lambda Legal News FeedLambda Legal Speaks Out Against Senate Confirmation of Eric Dreiband to Lead DOJ’s Civil Rights Divisionhttps://www.lambdalegal.org/news/dc_20181011_ll-speaks-out-against-senate-confirmation-of-eric-dreibrand
10/11/2018
<p>(Washington, DC – Oct. 11, 2018) Today <strong>Sharon McGowan, Lambda Legal Chief Strategy Officer and Legal Director, and former senior career Civil Rights Division official, issued the following statement</strong>:</p>10/11/2018Lambda Legal News Feed